| ▲ | germinalphrase 5 hours ago |
| “potentially makes humans inter-planetary” What is the realistic, non-science fiction appeal of this? |
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| ▲ | stouset 5 hours ago | parent [-] |
| I would wager minerals mining and tourism are probably the only meaningful revenue sources in our lifetimes. |
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| ▲ | dh2022 24 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | Tourism to Mars and back (this is the easiest interplanetary travel) means years confined in a space rocket just to circle around Mars and get back (it is not possible to land on Mars and get back). Not that appealing… | |
| ▲ | ant6n 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Going to orbit is actually useful already, cf starlink | | |
| ▲ | stouset 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Yeah, I meant in addition to what we’re already doing. I do think that will reach diminishing returns at some point. Kessler syndrome is a real thing for long-term higher orbits. |
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